Tag: North America

Tracking of US-Mexico cross-border project trucks sparks another row

Posted by | Oct 3, 2007 | |

The FMCSA’s announcement that all Mexican and US vehicles participating in the ongoing cross-border trucking demonstration project will have to participate in a satellite-based vehicle tracking system has been met with derision from both the Teamsters and the OOIDA. (10/3/2007)
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) intends to issue a contract to provide satellite terminals for the near real-time tracking of commercial trucks travelling throughout the continental US and Mexico as part of the cross-border trucking demonstration project.

The vehicle tracking system will incorporate GPS and wireless technology to accurately determine a vehicle’s position, and will be used to monitor hours of service, cabotage violations, and the date and time of international and state crossings.

Vehicles will be tracked by vehicle number and company – no driver information will be collected or tracked.

The systems will be installed at no cost to the participating trucking companies, which prompted the Teamsters to wonder where the FMCSA expects the money to come from to pay for the project.

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U.S. Postal Inspection Service initiate global fraud crackdown

Posted by | Oct 3, 2007 | |

Investigators led by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have arrested 77 people as part of a global fraud crackdown which has since January intercepted more than USD 2.1 billion in counterfeit checks bound for the United States.

The eight-month investigation involved schemes in Nigeria, the Netherlands, England and Canada, and has stopped more than half a million fake checks from being mailed to American victims.

At a press conference at the National Press Club, Postmaster General John Potter announced a consumer-awareness campaign to educate the American public.

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Alice S. Fisher applauded the Postal Inspection Service for its leadership in the global fight against fake checks.

The Postal Inspection Service, in collaboration with financial institutions, consumer advocacy groups and businesses, has formed the Alliance for Consumer Fraud Awareness, which has launched a consumer-education campaign.

Consumers can learn more and report fraudulent activity at the Alliance website, FakeChecks.org.

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Canada Post chooses mental health as its corporate cause of choice in response to growing impact on Canadians and Canadian Business

Posted by | Oct 3, 2007 | |

Canada Post announced today during Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) that it will champion mental health in the workplace in response to the growing personal and public cost to Canada from the issue. In adopting mental health as the company’s cause-of-choice, Canada Post will work to raise awareness of the issue and urge businesses and government to do more to tackle it.

It is estimated that 20 per cent of Canadians will suffer from a mental illness at some time in their lives. The remaining 80 per cent will be affected by the mental illness of a family member, friend or colleague. (Source: Health Canada)

“We saw a real need to lead the way in bringing the issue of mental illness out into the open. Although mental illness affects all of us, you’ll have trouble getting people to talk about it and despite the substantial cost to their business, even companies are reluctant to tackle the issue,” said Moya Greene, President and CEO, Canada Post. “Mental illness and mental health have been neglected in Canada for far too long. It is time mental well-being is positioned prominently within both health and social policies. This company, and its employees are bold enough to bring this issue out of the darkness, from behind closed doors and into the public light where it can best be served.”

The growing phenomenon of workplace depression could cost the Canadian economy some $30-billion a year, not including treatment and healthcare costs, with $8 to $10-billion of that being due to absenteeism. Statistics show that approximately half-a-million Canadians are absent from work each week due to mental health problems. More than 35 per cent of work absences in Canada are caused by mental illness. Additionally, 30 to 40 per cent of disability claims are for mental illness and, by 2010, depression is forecast to become second only to cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of disability in the world. (Source: Mental Health Foundation and World Health Organization)

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UPS celebrates safe driving

Posted by | Oct 2, 2007 | |

UPS today announced the induction of 785 drivers into its elite Circle of Honor, raising the total number of active drivers who have steered clear of accidents for at least 25 years to 4,451.

Of the Circle of Honor members, 137 have been accident-free for 35 or more years, with six of those having driven more than 40 years without an accident. UPS’s most seasoned safe driver in 2007 is tractor-trailer driver Ron Sowder of UPS’s Kentucky District. He has reached 45 years of driving without an accident.

Collectively, active drivers in UPS’s Circle of Honor have logged nearly 5 billion safe miles during their careers. That’s as many miles as 10,000 trips to the moon and back.

All UPS drivers are taught safe driving methods beginning on the first day of classroom training, including the company’s comprehensive safety course, “Space and Visibility.” The training continues throughout their careers.

New UPS tractor-trailer drivers receive 80 hours of computer-based and on-the-road training before operating equipment. Drivers of UPS’s familiar brown package delivery cars complete 20 hours of computer-based and on-the-road training, plus three safety ride evaluations during their first 22 days on the job.

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